Kanji 噺 Words: Meanings and Readings

はなし

circumstances

こばなし

anecdote

おとぎばなし

fairy tale

はやしかた

musical accompanist (in noh, kabuki, etc.)

ひとくちばなし

joke

かいだんばなし

ghost story

さんだいばなし

performing a rakugo story on the spot based on three topics given by the audience

しかたばなし

talking with gestures

にんじょうばなし

story about human nature or emotions (esp. rakugo)

すばなし

chat without food or drink

つじばなし

stories (esp. war stories) or lectures told by someone near a road or temple while begging for money

おとしばなし

rakugo

はなしか

professional comic (rakugo) storyteller

はなしぼん

hanashibon (book of humorous stories and anecdotes; Edo period)